Tuesday 24 December 2019

Christmas Eve Snippet Card

Hello and Happy Christmas Eve Everyone,

I hope you've finished with all the festive preparations and ready to have a fabulous Christmas Eve, stress-free if possible, and a wonderful day tomorrow. I've only just found a few minutes to take the weight of my feet after prepping the Brussels sprouts - one of my most unfavourite vegetables - and share this card with you and Di over at Pixie's Snippet Playground.
I dipped into my boxes of bits and bobs to make this card. The base was made from a scrap of smooth white card left over from layering photos for a scrapbook page. Many months ago, could even be more than a year, I had an embossing session using all the scraps of card I had accumulated - created quite a stack in fact - and that's where I found this gold topper. The folder is from the Winter Botanicals set by Sizzix. The black matting layer was from packaging and the patterned background is one of the many prints I've made when experimenting with my Gelli Plate. I don't remember what went into creating the colour of the paint - most probably various shades of brown/orange inks mixed into white acrylic paint - but I can tell you the stencil was 'Fretwork' from That Special Touch.

I am now feeling quite virtuous from having used up so many scraps and snippets. Hopefully, Father Christmas will think I've been good, 'for goodness sake'.

I'm also submitting this card to Hazel's CHNC Challenge #469.

That's me for this evening. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone.

4 comments:

KandA said...

Gorgeous card Elizabeth and that is such a lovely embossed image. Wishing you a very merry Christmas xx

Mrs A. said...

I love your background pice you created. Your snippets all work together perfectly. Hope you had a lovely stress free Christmas and that you ate all your Brussels sprouts up. Hugs Mrs A. 🦋

Di said...

Lovely card Elizabeth - the embossed background is beautiful!

Hugs

Di xx

Catie Cuddles said...

Lovely card.
Thank you for sharing with us at Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge.
Happy crafting!
Catherine x DT